Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hostesses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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80 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
hostesses	12	4	717	(None)
hostessed	13	4	435	1	hostessed
cohostesses	16	5	255	2	cohostesses
hostess	10	32	1024	2	hoste_s_s
hotnesses	12	3	890	2	hotnesses
lostnesses	10	4	930	2	lostnesses
osteoses	8	3	903	2	_osteoses
poetesses	11	3	723	2	poetesses
possesses	10	4	632	2	possesses
abscesses	13	4	410	3	abscesses
assesses	7	3	738	3	_assesses
cohostessed	17	5	132	3	cohostessed
confesses	14	3	862	3	confesses
contessas	11	4	502	3	contessas
cosinesses	12	10	1282	3	cosinesses
countesses	12	4	884	3	countesses
coynesses	14	3	757	3	coynesses
distresses	11	4	885	3	distresses
fastnesses	13	8	908	3	fastnesses
fortresses	13	4	566	3	fortresses
gastnesses	11	12	915	3	gastnesses
goddesses	12	4	345	3	goddesses
harnesses	12	18	1207	3	harnesses
hastinesses	14	12	1069	3	hastinesses
heiresses	12	3	696	3	heiresses
hipnesses	14	3	675	3	hipnesses
hocusses	13	15	530	3	ho_cusses
hokinesses	17	5	894	3	hokinesses
holinesses	13	5	1149	3	holinesses
hominesses	15	5	1087	3	hominesses
horsinesses	14	3	956	3	horsinesses
hosieries	12	4	921	3	hosieries
hostages	12	23	1169	3	host_ages
hosteled	12	3	729	3	hoste_led
hosteler	11	3	728	3	hoste_ler
hostelers	12	4	664	3	hostelers
hostelled	13	4	573	3	hostelled
hosteller	12	4	586	3	hosteller
hostellers	13	4	468	3	hostellers
hostelries	13	4	542	3	hostelries
hostels	10	37	1232	3	hoste__ls
hostessing	14	4	457	3	hostessing
hostiles	11	3	1221	3	host_iles
hotpresses	15	4	452	3	hotpresses
huntresses	13	4	528	3	huntresses
hystereses	16	4	380	3	hystereses
justnesses	17	3	649	3	justnesses
loesses	7	3	1003	3	lo__esses
lownesses	12	3	698	3	lownesses
mestesoes	11	4	532	3	mestesoes
mistresses	12	4	799	3	mistresses
moistnesses	13	4	715	3	moistnesses
mootnesses	12	3	715	3	mootnesses
mostests	10	3	683	3	moste_sts
noblesses	11	4	600	3	noblesses
nosinesses	10	14	1132	3	nosinesses
nownesses	12	3	689	3	nownesses
obsesses	10	3	622	3	_obsesses
ogresses	9	3	847	3	_ogresses
osteosis	8	4	674	3	_osteosis
osteosises	10	4	452	3	_osteosises
ostoses	7	12	1355	3	_ost_oses
ostosises	9	4	623	3	_ostosises
oyesses	10	3	733	3	_o_yesses
pastnesses	12	9	1051	3	pastnesses
politesses	12	4	536	3	politesses
portresses	12	4	731	3	portresses
poshnesses	15	3	746	3	poshnesses
possessed	12	4	423	3	possessed
postposes	13	4	819	3	postposes
restresses	10	4	931	3	restresses
rosinesses	10	12	1315	3	rosinesses
shortnesses	14	4	679	3	shortnesses
softnesses	13	3	760	3	softnesses
stresses	8	11	1249	3	__stresses
unstresses	10	4	603	3	unstresses
vastnesses	13	12	820	3	vastnesses
vitesses	11	3	633	3	_vitesses
votresses	12	3	650	3	votresses
woenesses	12	3	913	3	woenesses

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	80	6.780	21923.5
3	Display Results	80	80	0.050	1600.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	7.253	24636.8